And though the competition won't be as formidable Wednesday night when TCU faces Oklahoma State -- sitting ninth in the Big 12 with a 2-6 mark in conference play -- Dixon & Co. aren't looking at Mike Boynton's Cowboys any differently than the rest of what is arguably the deepest major conference in the nation.

"Right now we look at them as the best team in the league," Dixon said. "We have prepare that way, think that way, and play that way. That’s our mentality. We have to be at our best to get back where we want to."

And considering TCU's struggles guarding 3-pointers over the past two games -- a statistical category which the team led the league in prior to last week -- it ought to be the mentality vs. an Oklahoma State team that is only 9-12, but leads the Big 12 shooting 38.6 percent from beyond the arc this season.

Last week, TCU surrendered seven first-half 3-pointers in Lubbock. It was a near repeat performance Saturday night in Waco when the Horned Frogs allowed Baylor to hit six. By the time the damage was done, TCU had let the pair of opponents go a combined 24 of 49 (49 percent) from 3-point range.

Jamie Dixon on #TCU defending three-point shooting: “We’ve been pretty good, obviously. You can either focus on the last two games or what we’ve done all year long.”

"We lost our last two games and didn’t do the things we do well well," Dixon said. "If you don’t do those, you’re going to put yourself in a tough position. We’re moving on and getting ready for this one."

Dixon can only hope it was an anomaly, especially considering the Horned Frogs still sit second in the Big 12 with 131 3-point shots allowed -- three behind Texas Tech's 128. On Monday, he said he'd prefer for his players to look at the grand scheme rather than recent trends.

"We’ve been really good," Dixon said. "Either you focus on the last two games or what we’ve done all year long.

"We have a good history of it. It wasn’t like it wasn’t an emphasis in the last two games. It was clearly an emphasis going into the last game and it just didn’t go our way."

At 0-5 on the road amid the two-game skid, TCU remains just one of two Big 12 teams -- along with last-place West Virginia -- that has still yet to win away from home this season. The challenge won't be any easier the next time TCU leaves Fort Worth -- a Saturday showdown at No. 17 Iowa State.

"We have a short memory," said senior Alex Robinson, who is four assists away from setting an all-time TCU record. "We know we're coming back home and we're undefeated at home. We need to focus on improving the things we need to improve on."

For now, guarding the three is the focal point if the Horned Frogs intend to make it three straight wins vs. the Cowboys dating back to last season.

"Our league is ups and downs," Dixon said. "It’s who is healthy, who is playing well, who is playing on the road and who is at home. Everybody goes through a run, everybody goes through a slide."

Injury update

Robinson, who took a hard fall on a foul late against Baylor, is expected to be ready to go vs. Oklahoma State after having both his left wrist and right hand evaluated by trainers, Dixon said Monday.

"Alex has had wrist problems before," Dixon said. "It’s more hand and wrist. He seems to be okay after meeting with the trainer yesterday."

Robinson said himself that the injuries were "nothing big" and that he doesn't anticipate missing any time.

The Fort Worth native and former Mansfield Timberview product eclipsed the 1,000 career-point mark with 16 points in the loss vs. Baylor and is now on the brink of becoming TCU's all-time leader in assists, currently sitting at 572 in his career. Former Horned Frog Corey Santee holds the current record with 575.

Robinson is averaging 7.4 assists per game entering the contest vs. Oklahoma State, the highest mark of any Big 12 player and the fourth highest in the entire NCAA.